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A Word With Carol Pouliot

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I’ve loved mysteries since I read the Nancy Drew books when I was a kid. Then I fell in love with Agatha Christie’s books, especially Poirot and Miss Marple. I like...

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A Day In My Life ~ Dara Banks by D.M. Barr

I don’t need an alarm to wake up because my eight-year-old stepdaughter Ava tugs at my blankets every morning around 6:15 am. She’s looking for me to draw logos of things like Cartoon Network on the pieces of paper I keep on my nightstand. That holds her for three...

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An Excerpt from Never Nap in a Casket by J.W. Hodge

Looking at the dead woman draped over a Mercedes-Benz G-class shiny black steering wheel didn’t freak me out; I’m related to Cassandra Harrigan, the only female mortician in Portneuf Gap, Idaho. But another murder at my apartment complex had my anxiety meter soaring...

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Reviews

My Musing ~ Blow Up by Ellen Crosby

Blow Up by Ellen Crosby Series Name: Sophie Medina Mystery Book #3Genre: TraditionalRelease: May 2, 2023Format: Print, Digital Photojournalist Sophie Medina must figure out how the death of a Supreme Court justice and the murder of a homeless man are related before...

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My Musing ~ Three Treats Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein

Three Treats Too Many is the third book in the "Sarah Blair" cozy mystery series, released August 25, 2020. When a romantic rival opens a competing restaurant in small-town Wheaton, Alabama, Sarah Blair discovers murder is the specialty of the house . . . For someone...

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My Musing ~ For Whom the Book Tolls by Laura Gail Black

For Whom the Book Tolls by Laura Gail Black is the first book in the NEW "Antique Bookshop" cozy mystery series, coming September 8, 2020. In this cozy series debut from Laura Gail Black, Jenna Quinn finds her uncle murdered in his antique bookstore, and Jenna--his...

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New Releases

Week of April 23, 2023

Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of April 23 – 29, 2023 with five debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading! Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams (Cozy)Nora escaped her past...

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Cover Reveals

Cover Reveal ~ MURDER IN THE LIGHTHOUSE by Maddie Day

Edith Maxwell writing as Maddie Day is a prolific author with several dozen books and short stories published and it is my pleasure to share with you the cover reveal for the next book in the "Cozy Capers Book Group" mystery series, coming February 2027 and now up for...

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Interview with L.A. Chandlar

Author on the Air Global Radio Network invited me, the shy one, to interview the fabulous L.A. Chandlar about her latest release, THE HINDENBERG SPY. We talked about the book, Josephine Baker and of course my favorite building in New York. Listen here on Soundcloud 👉...

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The reclusive figure of Dru reportedly spends her working hours at the mysterious daytime situation doing “research.” Her non-working hours are spent less reclusively on her blog, dru’s book musings where the main goal is to introduce readers to authors and their work.

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Accolades

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2024 Anthony Award

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2024 Agatha Award

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2017 MWA Raven Award

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